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Dynamic Physician Rostering in Emergency Departments: Managing Reentrant Patient Flows to Meet Excess Wait Time Targets

open access: yesHealth Care Science, EarlyView.
We develop a patient flow model that integrates return loops and formulate a risk‐aware physician rostering framework designed to strictly enforce excess wait time targets, for example, tail probability of delay (TPoD) service levels. We employ a simulation‐based iterative staffing approach (ISA) to determine the optimal number of physicians required ...
Xu Dai, Peng Gao, Xiaolei Xie
wiley   +1 more source

New Medical Schools, Access to Physicians, and Health Outcomes: Evidence From Japan

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyse the impact of the construction of medical schools and associated university hospitals in Japan during the 1970s, which was primarily driven by ‘One Prefecture, One Medical School Policy’ (OPOMS). We find that the number of physicians increased significantly in prefectures where a medical school was built, and this effect persisted ...
Kisho Hoshi
wiley   +1 more source

The Sector Liquidity Timing Ability of Bond Mutual Funds

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate whether bond mutual fund managers exhibit market liquidity timing skills in the U.S. corporate bond market. At the portfolio level, we find only weak evidence that bond funds adjust their overall market exposure in anticipation of changes in corporate bond market liquidity.
Zhengnan Yin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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